Open AccessLong-term smoking results in haemostatic dysfunction in chronic smokers
Author(s) -
Soronnadi Clara Ngozi,
Neboh Emeka Ernest
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.129641
Subject(s) - medicine , partial thromboplastin time , prothrombin time , statistical significance , cigarette smoking , platelet , gastroenterology
Smoking has been known to cause endothelial dysfunction and bronchial carcinoma and duration of smoking has been implicated in the effects of smoking on regular smokers. This study evaluated the effects of long-term smoking on some coagulation markers in chronic smokers.